The market structure and characteristics of electronic games

Digital Sport for Performance Enhancement and Competitive Evolution: Intelligent Gaming Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 257-285

  Kuhn, Kerri Ann L ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-406-4.ch016     Document Type: Chapter

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